A MOTHER AGAINST DRUGS

Dear Editor:

Please be aware that I am a mother of a drug user and it has turned my
whole life upside down.

I hate it and it seems that small towns like Welwyn, Whitewood, Wapella,
Moosomin and Rocanville sit back and watch it happen whereas bigger centres
are challenging it at least.

The police are making big busts on the highway but leaving the small towns
alone.

I am tired of things being this way. I see exchanges of drugs in the middle
of the street or in back rooms. How come there is so much protection for
users and dealers but regular moms cannot come forward and say anything for
fear of a backlash. We live next door to them and so do you. Are your
children safe? Have you seen what is going on?

I am a mother against drugs and drug dealers. Who else is? I have not heard
of any.

I would love to put a sign up saying Mother Against Drugs and Dealers on my
front lawn. But there is a fear of reprisals.

I feel I am alone. Has no other mother this problem? Everything is so
secretive.

We have a whole lot of family men that are users and dealers. How are they
teaching their children?

How come people want to waste their money and time on drugs? Is there
anyone who cares?

I am sure their wives are at their wit's end seeing their loved one
literally wasted and not being able to depend on them because they might be
stoned at any given hour, not being able to quit, no longer using pot but
it abusing them and them, not seeing it because they no longer can live
without it. Soon their work habits are changed and they depend on their
wives to pick up the slack. How have we allowed this behavior as being normal?

I feel sorry for those wives. What a bondage to be in.

It is not normal behavior and now my own are headed on that road because
someone said at school let's party.

My hat is off to Alberta for caring. Where is Saskatchewan?

This website may help with being able to find symptoms of drug addiction:
www.focusas.com/Subs

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